The Story of Sameness: Summer of Friendship #4

7/17/20 - We did not write a “female friendship” book, but we are indeed two women. And our friendship has been both strengthened and threatened by the ways we communicate. We interview linguist Deborah Tannen, whose book You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships was a touchstone for us—explaining concepts like "story of sameness," one way that some friends bond by finding similarities in each other's lives.

Transcript below.

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Spotify.

Producer: Gina Delvac

Hosts: Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman

Theme song: Call Your Girlfriend by Robyn

Composer: Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs.

Associate Producer: Jordan Bailey

Visual Creative Director: Kenesha Sneed

Merch Director: Caroline Knowles

Editorial Assistant: Laura Bertocci

Design Assistant: Brijae Morris

Ad sales: Midroll

Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Her latest book is FINDING MY FATHER: His Century-Long Journey From World War I Warsaw and My Quest to Follow

More on Big Friendship at BigFriendship.com.

Bookshop.org | Indiebound | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Books A Million

Read by the authors! | Libro.fm | Kobo | Audible | Downpour | Audiobooks.com | Chirp

Nook | Kobo | Amazon | Apple Books | Google Play | Books A Million

After you pre-order the book, click here to enter your purchase info to receive a signed bookplate and a Shine Theory button and sticker!

Big Friendship will also be published July 14 in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. It’s available to pre-order at select booksellers now:

Waterstones | Hive | Foyle’s | Amazon UK | Blackwell’s | The Book Depository

Indigo | Munro’s | Amazon.ca

Booktopia | Dymock’s | The Nile | QBD

Fishpond

@2023 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND LLC